Opinion
573
March 26, 2002.
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Susan Larabee, J.), entered on or about April 25, 2000, which released the subject child to respondent mother upon a finding of neglect by respondent father, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
JONATHAN M. KRATTER, for Edward C.L.
PHILIP SCHIFF, for respondent-appellant.
SUSAN CHOI-HAUSMAN, for petitioner-respondent.
Before: Williams, P.J., Tom, Saxe, Rubin, Friedman, JJ.
The finding of neglect is supported by a preponderance of the evidence showing that respondent father exposed the child to a pervasive environment of verbal abuse directed at respondent mother that sometimes escalated to include unwelcome physical contact, and that the child's health was in imminent danger of becoming impaired as a result. The finding of imminent impairment could be made in this case without expert evidence (see, Matter of Lonell J., 242 A.D.2d 58; Matter of Deandre T., 253 A.D.2d 497).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.